MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
Duluth-area leaders bring a message of thanks to Capitol
ST. PAUL Previous years visits to the state Capitol by Northeastern Minnesota community leaders included requests to fund projects such as an airport terminal, a hockey arena, an intermodal transpo...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:00 AM
Price of Minnesota hunting and fishing licenses to go up in March 2013
Well, its official: If you hunt and fish in Minnesota, youre going to be paying more for the privilege beginning next March. According to C.B. Bylander, a spokesman for the Department of Natural Reso...
Posted on 5/4/12 at 10:03 AM
State Farm Insurance Building
Call me corn-fed, but I've always thought of the North Dakota Capitol building in Bismarck as cool, especially when you consider it was built in the 1930's during the Great Depression. Working in Bism...
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:44 AM
Areavoices Digest #67 - More than just Marilyn Hagerty
That title you see above is my cheap ploy to get you to click on my blog. I'm not beneath trickery. But the fact is: Marilyn Hagerty is hot. Stories about her and now her Areavoices blog are generatin...
Posted on 3/14/12 at 4:39 PM
Pawlenty to cities: How much should I cut?
Gov. Tim Pawlenty Gov. Tim Pawlenty said small cities will be protected when he cuts spending to balance the state budget, but he wants other cities and counties to say how much state aid they can li...
Posted on 5/21/09 at 1:54 PM
Minnesota Senate approves health spending bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's Senate has approved a budget for state health and assistance programs that includes a surcharge on HMOs and pay increases for care workers that critics say aren't big enough.April 26, 2013
Minnesota budget pieces come together at Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's two-year budget puzzle was coming together early Friday morning as the state Senate passed the two biggest pieces of state spending — health and social services, and education — after several hours of debate.By KYLE POTTER,Associated Press PATRICK CONDON,Associated Press , April 26, 2013
Minnesota budget pieces come together at Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's two-year budget puzzle was starting to come together Thursday as the state Senate took up the two biggest pieces of state spending — education and health and social services.By KYLE POTTER,Associated Press PATRICK CONDON,Associated Press , April 25, 2013
Minnesota business man angling for governor bid for civil unions, not gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An Orono businessman angling to be Minnesota governor says he supports civil unions for gay couples but wouldn't back same-sex marriage if faced with a bill legalizing it.April 25, 2013
Minnesota House OKs bill with $150M more for college
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's state House has backed a higher education financing package that architects say will freeze undergraduate tuition at public colleges for two years.April 25, 2013
Minnesota Senate takes up health spending bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's Senate will debate and vote on a budget for state health and assistance programs that includes a state surcharge on HMOs and nursing facilities.April 25, 2013
Minnesota Senate moves to fix Capitol with tax dollars
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota senators are moving to pay for renovations of the state Capitol using tax dollars rather than through state borrowing for public construction projects.April 24, 2013
Minnesota House tax bill could raise price of a drink
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota House plunged Wednesday into a debate over a bill that would raise state taxes by $2.6 billion in part by enacting the state's first alcohol tax increase in about 25 years.By BRIAN BAKST,Associated Press , April 24, 2013
DFL swing vote on gay marriage says he'll support
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Democratic state senator who holds what many have seen as a swing vote on Minnesota's gay marriage bill said Tuesday that he will vote to legalize it.April 23, 2013
Minnesota Senate tax plan starts top-tier rate sooner
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrats who run the Minnesota Senate unveiled a plan Tuesday to raise the top income tax rate by 1.55 percentage points, which would fetch an estimated $1.2 billion more in revenue that would cover a projected budget deficit and planned spending increases.By BRIAN BAKST,Associated Press , April 23, 2013
Minnesota House to vote on education budget
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A long push to fund all-day kindergarten statewide is ramping up at the Capitol.April 23, 2013
Minnesota Senate tax plan to affect more than top 2%
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Senate's soon-to-be-unveiled tax plan will likely affect more than 2 percent of the state's top earners with an income tax increase, Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk said Monday.By KYLE POTTER,Associated Press , April 22, 2013
Care workers raises in Minnesota House health budget
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's nursing home and long-term care workers would get small salary increases in a health spending bill up for debate Monday in the state House, but some lawmakers question whether the increases are enough for financial challenged facilities in rural areas.By PATRICK CONDON,Associated Press , April 22, 2013
Minn. House OKs bill to avoid government shutdowns
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Almost two years removed from a Minnesota government shutdown, lawmakers are closer to heading off future service interruptions.By Associated Press , April 20, 2013
Fee increases strewn throughout Minnesota budget bills
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of millions of dollars in fee increases are strewn throughout the budget bills starting to pass at the Minnesota Capitol, from $3 extra for a driver's license to higher charges for water usage.April 19, 2013
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